A glass of milk a day cuts the risk of bowel cancer by almost a fifth, according to the largest study of its kind.

Nick Kyrgios threw fresh doubt on whether he will play in the Australian Open after withdrawing from an exhibition match. The ...

One of Afghanistan’s first female Olympians has called on the England cricket team to boycott their Champions Trophy match against the Asian country’s men’s team next month. Friba Rezayee, who ...

A state of emergency has been declared after a wildfire whipped up by extreme winds swept through a Los Angeles hillside ...

Pope Francis has denounced the “scourge” of child labour and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who harms or exploits a child will have to answer to God.

A HISTORIC country pub in North Yorkshire has closed. The Staveley Arms, near Ripon, made the announcement last night “with great disappointment and sadness.” A statement said: “Despite our best ...

The former New York City mayor owes £118 million dollars to two Georgia election workers after he was found to have defamed them.

A man has been arrested in Spain after a body was found in the hunt for missing Belfast man John George. The 37-year-old, from west Belfast, also known as John Hardy, had been on holiday in Alicante ...

Thousands of people remain without power during a bitter cold spell across Ireland. The entire island was under weather warnings coming into Wednesday morning, with temperatures as low as minus 6C ...

Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will serve as the country’s interim leader while the far-right Freedom Party attempts to put together a new coalition government, the president’s ...

The mercury is set to drop sharply, with lows of minus 15C possible in Scotland and northern England overnight on Thursday.